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Stay Tuned with Preet

Court to Trump: Drop Fed

Stay Tuned with Preet

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Society & Culture, Politics, Government

4.832.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Why did a federal judge quash subpoenas in the criminal probe of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell? In an excerpt from this week’s Insider episode, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance break down Judge Boasberg’s decision. In the full episode, Preet and Joyce discuss President Trump’s efforts to reshape elections and voting through the SAVE Act. Plus, a proposal from Trump’s orbit urging him to declare a national emergency to federalize elections. CAFE Insiders click HERE to listen to the full analysis.  Not an Insider? Now more than ever, it’s critical to stay tuned. To join a community of reasoned voices in unreasonable times, become an Insider today. You’ll get access to full episodes of the podcast and other exclusive content. Head to cafe.com/insider or staytuned.substack.com/subscribe.  Subscribe to our YouTube channel. This podcast is brought to you by CAFE and Vox Media Podcast Network.  Executive Producer: Tamara Sepper; Supervising Producer: Jake Kaplan; Associate Producer: Claudia Hernández; Senior Audio Producer: Matthew Billy; CAFE Team: Celine Rohr, Nat Weiner, Jennifer Indig, and Liana Greenway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey folks, Joyce Vance here.

0:03.0

Treat and I are back with a new episode of The Insider podcast.

0:06.0

This week, we discuss a federal judge's decision to quash subpoenas in the criminal probe of Federal Reserve Chair, Jerome Powell.

0:13.0

Then we turn to President Trump's plans to reshape elections and voting, driven by his 2020 election fraud claims.

0:20.0

If you're a member of Cafe Insider, head to the insider feed or click the link in the show notes of

0:25.2

this podcast to hear the full analysis.

0:27.7

Stay tuned, listeners. Stick around for an excerpt from our conversation.

0:31.4

And if you're not yet a member, insiders help support our work and get access to full episodes

0:35.9

and other subscriber benefits.

0:38.1

We're living in unreasonable times, so join our community of reasonable voices.

0:43.3

Head to cafe.com slash insider or stay tuned.substack.com.

0:48.5

Now, onto the show.

0:53.2

There's one good decision that has been attacked by the Trump administration, which is another hallmark of merit with respect to the decision.

1:05.4

Not always, but often. And it's an extraordinary thing. And, you know, we like to be thematic on the show.

1:12.9

And one of the themes of the program, given what the news has been and given the MO of the

1:18.1

Trump administration, is time and time again, the Trump folks say, well, that's some crazy

1:24.9

thing you're doing. That's an unprecedented thing that the judge is doing.

1:27.6

That's an unprecedented form of relief that the other side is asking for.

1:34.1

The answer to which often is, no, no, no, no.

1:37.6

That's not the crazy thing.

1:39.6

The crazy thing is the thing you did that caused us and prompted us to ask for the extraordinary relief

1:46.0

or to grant the extraordinary relief. And so a general proposition and tradition, and it's not

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